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Excerpt from Origines Britannicae, or the Antiquities of the British Churches, Vol. 1: To Which Is Added, an Historical Account of Church Government as First Received in Great Britain and Ireland This work "Origines Britannicae, or the Antiquities of the British Churches," having again been submitted to the press, an opportunity offers for stating, not merely, as the learned author has done, what his intentions were in publishing it; but also the character of the work, and of the replies or animadversions, which have been published by various writers. These, with other particulars, some of them exclusively relating to the present edition, may be considered not unworthy of attention. In the commencement of his Preface, Dr. Stillingfleet informs us; "The design of the following book is to give as clear and distinct a view of the state and condition of the British Churches, from their first plantation to the conversion of the Saxons, as could be had at so great a distance, and by such a degree of light as is left us concerning them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."